[BC] Centennial of AM Radio Is Tonight

[Dale H. Cook]

At 12:09 AM 12/25/2005, Larry Fuss wrote:

> >On Christmas Eve 1906
>
> >Then the centennial is next year, not this year.
>
>If it occurred for the first time on Christmas Eve 1906, then Christmas Eve
>2005 would be the 100th year thereafter.

Yes, but that is not the centennial of the event:

"Centennial n -s 1 : a 100th anniversary or its celebration" - 
"Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language 
Unabridged" (Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1981), p. 362.

A centennial is the 100th anniversary of an event. We celebrated the 
bi-centennial of the Declaration of Independence in 1976, not 1975. :)

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
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